Like when he got in big trouble from Grammie because he came home at 11:45 pm and half-way between her rant she saw the clock again and realized in was 3:30 am. And also when Marney was 2 and she left the house with out Grammie knowing and was picked up down the street by a strange that no one in the town knew. There were some great stories. Then we were leaving and stopped at the bakery but they were closed. But this stop was not in vain because Grammie(or my dad) took a closer look at the house at the end of the street and realized it was Marney's old Kindergarten.
This is the Hockey Rink
This is the Movie Theater
This is the Radio Station
This is my dad and his brother Tim's High School
This is the front door of the Houlahan's house in Soelligen
This is the Back Yard of the house
This is supposedly Marney's Kindergarten
If any other Houlahan has any stories they would like to share about living in Germany, I would love to here them. Just leave a comment or send me an email-laliam40@hotmail.com
Then we went back to the hotel. My dad recommended another Gashaus down the street so we went there. It was very fun. This time people many different things. There was liver, Schnitzle, Goulash soup, and some rolled up meat thingy(You guessed...it was Grammies) Oh ya and lots of spatzle. We went back to the hotel and did the same chat till 11 and head to bed.
Then we got up in the morning and it was back on the road again. This time to Lars/Sulz. We got there and drove around everywhere trying to find their base, but it turned out it was off the highway a ways back. We did find my dads old school though...we think. Everything was being taken down so at the time there were minimal buildings to work with. Then it was off to Sulz which was just down the road. We found it on our first try. We passed where my dad use to catch the bus, then we went by there old house. Then it was off to the Gashaus. This time not for food. Their old Landlord owns the Gashaus and we were going to visit. She only spoke German so I could only understand some numbers and words like "I have". Then it was down to her daughters house for some lunch thingy. There was a 7 year old and a 5 year old there and we just hung out in there back yard the whole time. It was actually really fun because they had an awesome Dartboard, some home made Bow and arrows(That actually worked well) and a play set. Then more of there cousins arrived. Don't tell her I told you this but Chelsea thought boy that came was Hot. haha. Then we said our good byes and left. We did the same thing again this night.
In the morning we all crammed in to our car because we were going to Baden-Baden (oh ya I forgot to tell you my Grammie and Jack rented a car)The reason they all fit in was because my dad wasn't coming because he had tons of work. We got there and stopped at the tourist desk to ask a couple questions. We got a map and some information on a good place to park and we left. We got the good place to park and walked down a path to the city(It wasn't like a dirt path it, was more like a boardwalk). We walked down right to the down town. We walked right to there casino, which Grammie said she use to take all her visitors there. It was pretty nice place(The outside...We were not allowed in because of our color....of clothing. They had a dress code, they weren't racist. Then we stopped for lunch. Me and Grammie had Schnitzle and Jack, Chelsea and My mother had soup. Then we walked back to the car. Not before stopping at a Church. Grammie and Chelsea went while Jack, Grammie and I waited outside. A few minutes later they came back out. We then went up to the top of the hill and looked out over the town. We didn't look for long as it turned out it was a private school. They kicked us out. It was pretty funny. Then we went back to the car and left. Well that's what I thought but we made a stop at the hot springs spa. It looked nice. We looked and then left. This time for good. We got back. Then went out to another Gashaus for supper...as usual. Again there was a lot of schnitzle. We went back to the hotel and did the same old chatting but this time it had a sad ending because we were leaving the next day. We said our goodbyes and then went to bed. We woke up early and left. I pretty much watched movies and tv shows the whole trip and poked my head every 20 minutes to see the new scenery. We stopped along the way in Luzern. We walked around. Went to a Grocery store and got some grapes and some other stuff and left. We kept driving and then crossed the boarder into Italy. We finally got to Como. We were asking people if they knew where our hotel was, but nobody knew. So My dad got a map and he finally found the street that our hotel is on. So we stated driving and all of a sudden we are going up another big hill. It turned out our hotel was right on top of the hill looking over Como. So we got into our huge hotel room/apartment. and left. We got on the Funicular, which took is down the mountain. We found a weird grocery store and found some super cheap pizza that was delicious. so we each got a slice and then left. We then walked through there walled in walking area. I was lucky and found McDonalds. I got 2 chicken wraps for later in case I got hungry...also I wanted to put my sweet and sour sauce on them which was still at the hotel. On the way back to the Funicular me and my dad got another slice of pizza. I fed some to a swan that was in the lake. I got really close and could have touched but I was scared. They say swans can be very violent. We then went back up to the Hotel. I took a bath and then went to bed. In the morning we didn't have to leave very early, so me and my dad watch some scrubs in bed. Then we went down for breakfast with my mom. When we came back it started hailing outside and then raining again and it was off and one with the hail and rain. We packed up got in the car and left. We drove and drove some more and got to see the Mediterranean again. It's funny because we pretty much pick up where we left off in Monaco. All we missed was about 100 km between there and Monaco. A couple more hours of driving and we made it to Florence. We drove around awhile longer trying to find our apartment and finally we found it. We got all unpacked into our apartment and I was surprised by the size of it. It has a huge kitchen, a huge living room, 2 bathrooms and 2 good sized rooms. After looking around a bit me, my dad and my sister left to go find some supper. We found a super cool seafood place and got some kebabs and some potatoes and left. I went on the Internet that night and found out that The Pirate Bay doesn't work in Italy because it is banned by the Government. The Pirate Bay is the website I use to download all of my movies. The next day we had to go searching for lunch again because it was Easter weekend and we knew the grocery stores would be closed. So we walked around and got some stuff and on the way back a bout 2 or 3 blocks from our house just down the street we found and pretty good grocery store. Me and my dad picked some stuff up and we left. We didn't do much the rest of the day. We did get Chinese food for supper though. It was just down the street and very cheap. Not surprisingly I didn't like it very much. My Family didn't mind it though.The next was the day my dad was leaving to go back to Canada. It was also my moms birthday. But that wasn't till 4:00 pm. It was also my moms birthday. We mad her tea in bed(She doesn't like breakfast in bed) Then I made her toast to eat in the kitchen. We exchanged gifts and then decided to walk down to the city. We pretty much just walked down then turned around and came back but it killed the time and we got to see the city. We left right away once we got home to bring my dad back to the airport . We said goodbye to my dad at the terminal before he left. On they way back we drove around Florence aimlessly looking for a big grocery store. We finally found one. We all split up and got all the stuff we needed and met back to check out. We did all in a record time. Then we got in our car and drove around aimlessly again looking for something we recognized and then we got home. That night Chelsea made my dad's Curry Chicken. It tasted the same as the way my daddy makes it. I couldn't let Chelsea do all the cooking so I started looking up recipes to cook for my family. So I am gonna make Beer Can Chicken and Parmesan Chicken. Then Me and my mom watched the movie Evolution. It was funny. The next day I woke up and went to go to the bathroom. On the way there I stepped on something. I looked down and it was an Easter egg and there was a trail of them to the living room. I had completely forgot it was Easter. This was good for my parents because yesterday my dad bought a whole bunch of candy in pairs and I wasn't suspicious of him at all. It was good though. Lots of candy and much better kinder surprise toys. It was nice. Then I mad some lunch and when I was done the power went out, or so we thought. After watching The Blind Side we went to investigate and found out the blown fuse thingy is in the apartment basement. After sitting around all day and blown the fuse 2 more times I made supper. Nothing fancy just a frozen pizza. I took it out of the oven and went to push it of the pan and used the wrong hand. I grabbed the metal grid thingy with my bare-hand. It killed but now it's fine. Just a little blister. Now I am in bed typing this and about to go to bed. good night.
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